Thursday, September 3, 2009

Response to Lunsford pg. 42 GSR 102

During my senior year, my brother convinced me to come to Florida for the summer. I was excited to go, but with one hitch: I had to ask my grandparents for permission to ride with them after I graduate. It was getting closer and closer to graduation and my grandparents and father did not think it was a good idea to go because they wanted me to get a summer job up where I live, but they also wanted to make sure I had everything set to go for Gallaudet University. I told them that I would get everything done before I graduate. I finally convinced my grandparents to let me go. June 12 came around and it was time for me to graduate. We were all happy. I spent all day repacking my clothes for Florida. The next day, we left for Florida. It was a 11 hour drive. We finally arrived at the place me and my brother were staying. I was happy that I went to Florida for the summer. I had a good experience and I met new friends down there and I loved the deaf volleyball on Fridays.

            Since I came here to Gally, I always have to inform my grandparents how I am doing in classes. I always inform her through texting, which is good because I hate talking on the phone. She texts me almost everyday to make sure I am going in the right track. I always tell her I am fine, I do my homework everyday.

            I used language to explore my new life at gally. I made new friends and chatted with them a lot. We all have to sign here at gally so obviously we used language. Someday I want to explore Washington D.C. and see everything the city has to offer. I have already seen some places when I came to visit gally.

            I had made a lot of decisions in my life such as not getting pressured by peers to do some things when I was in public schools. I skipped a lot of classes because I didn’t care about school. I never paid attention in classes. My public school was not a good place for me to be so my father made a decision to put me in the deaf school. I liked it there because I interacted with other deaf and hard of hearing students. I stayed another year there. But after a year there I started hating it. The students there were drama, drama, drama. I decided to quit after my Christmas break. All my family was shocked and a little mad. The staff at my school kept trying to make me come back. They convinced me to come back but I didn’t want to. I was happy to graduate because it meant that I was getting away from that school.

 I think the first paragraph describes an act of argument and persuasion. I argued with my family to let me go to Florida when they didn’t think it was a good idea. I keep telling them that I will get everything done before I graduate but they did not believe me. I always tell them to be patient because I will get things done in time. I always talked to gally about any questions I had and always made sure they get all the important documents or information. I worked hard to get where I am at now. I took the ACT twice to get the Leadership Scholarship. I did not have a way to pay for college. I had to get loans to pay for college.  I still have to work hard to keep the scholarship. 

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

introduction in GSR 102

Hello there!! 

How you guys doing? My name is gallystudent90. I was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina and lived there for a year or so then i moved to Florida to live there until 1998. I moved to Virginia. I lived there ever since. I had been in public schools all my life. I don’t really like my public schools. In 2007, I went to West Virginia School for the Deaf. I was a senior. I moved back a grade and became a junior because I was not ready to graduate. I played volleyball and basketball at WVSD for two years. Volleyball is my favorite sport. I am interested in playing softball.

Really, I have 2 mothers and 2 fathers. My mom and dad divorced like a year or two after I was born. My brother and I lived with my dad while my sister lived with my mom. My mother is half Japanese and Irish. My dad has Irish and Scottish and some German in him. My dad remarried and my mom remarried too. My step-mother is Spanish. So I am mostly one-fourth Japanese and Irish. My brother is deaf. He has been in deaf schools all his life. He is a junior here at Gally. It is just us two that are deaf in our family. I also have an older stepsister, older sister, and a baby sister.

I came here to Gallaudet because I wanted to be involved in the deaf community so I can learn more ASL and make a lot of friends but I also came for education too. I have not decided what my major will be but I am thinking business or education. I want to be a teacher in public or deaf school. I love English because I love reading and learning in classes. I hope my blog interests you!!